The man behind the tattoo is Richard Batey, he came up with the idea for another client initially and said Kenny was the ‘right man’ for his design.

He told UNILAD:

The design is actually something I came up with for another client, so I had the idea and I needed the right client for it, which I thought I had, so I drew out the design but he didn’t like it, it was too much for him.

Then Kenny came in with no tattoos, he wanted two sleeves, I showed him this chest piece, I’d been sitting on this design, and he loved it.

It’s gone around online and it’s still only sketched on, need another four hours on it yet.

There’s a lot more detail and shading, I’m going to draw tattoos on the tattoo, so those arms will have tattoos, yeah, there’s loads to do to it yet.

He’s got several sessions booked in, but I’m looking at bringing the next appointment forward because I’m sick of seeing pictures of it when it isn’t finished!